Display mount



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DISPLAY MOUNT Filed Oct. 14, 1942 M r w 'r 34 42 I942 JULY I942 SUN MONTU! III! THU FRI SAT I 2 3 4 s' s 7 a a no u- ,z :3 l4 51 :7 I8 19 20 z:2223 24 2s 26 z? 28 29 s a! 90 5 4' CARROLL NCRoss e tor/m4,

Patented Dec. 4, 1945 DISPLAY MOUNT Carroll N. Cross, Middleboro, Mass.

Application, October 14, 1942, Serial No. 461,983

t 2 Claims. This invention relates to display mounts and itmelat'esmoreparticularlyto that type of mount a to a concealed position at thebackbf the mount.

T the end that the objects of the invention maybereahzed; theconstruction herein embodies an indicia panel having an indicia-bearingportion and a mount-engaging portion. The mountengaging portion of thepanel is formed with a pair of opposi'tely extending wings that areadapted to pass through a slot in the back board of a mount with whichthe panel is to be associated and to engage the under surface of theback board whereby the panel is held in sliding engagement with themount.

The objects and advantages of the invention will be more readilyunderstood by reference to the following description read with regard tothe drawing forming a parthereof in which drawing like referencenumerals indicate like parts and in which:

Figure l is a face view of a display mount having an indicia panelassociated therewith in indicia-displaying position;

Figure 2 is a back view of the mount having portions thereof broken awayto show underlying structure;

Figure 3 is a face View of the indicia-bearing panelj and Figure 4 is afragmentary view from the rear of a mount showing the indicia-bearingpanel in an elevated or concealed position at the rear of the mount.

'In the illustrative embodiment of the invention an indicia-displayingpanel In is associated with a display mount I2 of which the detailedconstruction is of no particular importance. In the embodiment disclosedherein, the mount I2 consists of a face board I4 having therein apicturedisplaying window I6 and a back board I8 having therein a mountsupporting easel 20 (the easel 20 having been broken away in Figure 2 ofthe drawing in order to facilitate illustration). The face board I4 andthe back board I8 are preferably bound together into a unitary structureby means of a decorative flexible binding material 22 that extends overthe face, around the edges and over the back of the mount. The

mount is preferably provided with a hang up-tab 24 having a nail or hookengaging passage 26 therein. The hang-up tab 24 is adapted to swingangularly about the upper edge of "the mount on the binding material "22forming a hinge for this purpose. The tab 24 is preferably formed in theupper edge of the back board I8 and the same is provided with relativelynarrow notches 28 that are adapted to engage complementary lockingprojections 30 in the back board so that the tab may be retained inclosed or folded position without danger of undesired "separation.

The back board I8 has provided therein a slot 3 2- which in theillustrative embodiment of the invention is produced by the formation ofthe mount supporting easel 20. It is evident, of course, that the slot32 may be provided in the back board I8 without regard to any easelstructure, but by forming a mount supporting easel in the back board,there is accomplished the dual purpdse of adapting the mount supportingeasel for display on a plane surface as well as providing therein meansfor engaging the indicia-displaying panel III as will be more fullydescribed hereinafter.

The indicia-displaying panel I0 is composed of an indicia-displayportion 34 and a mount-engaging portion 36. The mount-engaging portion36 is provided with a pair of oppositely extending wings 38 that areadapted to pass through the slot 32 in the back of the mount and engagethe under surface of the back board I8. The notches 40 that define thewings 38 permit the panel Ill to be moved beyond the lower edge 42 ofthe mount I2 50 that the indicia-bearing portion 34 of the panel willlie in display position as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. However,should it be desired to move the indicia panel I0 to a concealedposition behind the mount, such concealment can be easily accomplishedby sliding the panel ID upwardly into the position shown moreparticularly in Figure 4 of the drawing.

This latter position of the indicia panel In is used when the mount issupported on a horizontal surface bybringing the supporting easel 20into operation. When the wings .38 are inserted be tween the twoflexibly joined boards there is a tension that holds the display II] inelevated position when the easel is in use yet permits lower ing ofdisplay II) by manual means.

Herein the indicia panel has been shown as of rectangular shape and thenotches 40 that define the oppositely extending wings 38 have been shownas being formed in opposite edges of the panel.

The term face board as used herein designates a board or mount membersuperimposed on the back board, whether or not such board is 5 actuallythe board constituting the face of the mount.

It is evident, of course, that the shape and relative size of the panelI0 can be altered in any way to adapt the same to a particular use andthe practice of the invention is accordingly not limited to precisedetails of construction shown herein and these precise constructionsshall not be regarded as limitations when identified in the subjoinedclaims.

I'claim:

1. In combination with a display mount composed of at least a back boardand a superimposed face board joined together along the edges thereof, avertically disposed passage'in said back board, said passage havingspaced upwardly converging side walls and having a bottom wall spacedinwardly from the bottom of said mount, a rectangular indicia-bearingpanel having an indicia-bearing portion disposed at the exterior of saidback board, and a mount-engaging portion at the top of said panel, saidmount-engaging portion comprising a pair of oppositely extending wingsdefined by aligned notches in a pair of opposite edges of said panel,said wings extending through said passage and lying between said boardsand being of such length as to extend beyond the outer walls of saidpassage at its widest point whereby said wings are held in slidingengagement between said boards and with respect 3 to said slot, thedistance between the bottoms of said notches being greater than thedistance between the side walls of said passage in its upper portion butbeing less than the distance therebetween at its lower portion wherebysaid panel may be retained in elevated position by frictional engagementbetween the bottom of said notches mount, a rectangular indicia-bearingpanel having an indicia-bearing portion disposed at the exterior of saidback board, and a mount-engaging portion at the top of said panel, saidmountengaging portion comprising a pair of oppositely extending wingsdefined by aligned notches in a pair of opposite edges of said panel,said wings extending through said passage and lying between said boardsand being of such length as to extend beyond the outer walls of saidpassage whereby said wings are held in sliding engagement between saidboards'and with respect to said slot, the facing surfaces of said boardsbeing in close contact with each other in the area adjacent said passagewhereby said panel may be retained in elevated position by frictionalengagement between the faces of said wings and the I contacting surfacesof said boards and whereby the bottom wall of said passage limits thedownward movement of said panel.

CARROLL N. CROSS.

